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I never quite managed to get along with 24. After three episodes of the first season I was just about done. Then I tried them again about a week ago. Same result: booooooring. It doesn't half move slow for something with a built-in device for urgency. So with 24: Live Another Day coming up on Sky 1 I have no choice but to base this article on a series of ill-informed assumptions. Or, you know, just write nothing at all.

Whenever they bring out a new trailer, like this one for Spartacus: War of the Damned, something in it lends itself to a gif, I find. More often than not, this involves the forcible insertion of a sword into someone's person. Don't ever change, guys.

Who knew we'd actually predict correctly a fair chunk of the House series finale? Not all those people who always called us directionless geeks who watch too much TV, that's for sure. Ha! The fools. Join us for part three as we say goodbye to the doctor for good.

House: it's been around for eight years, and while no one ever speaks about it in the same terms as the 'worthier' US output, there are at least two of us who would rank it among our favourite shows of all time. With the series finale about to hit Sky 1 on Thursday, we thought we might as well have a bit of a chat about it.

House is moving ever-closer towards its final episode, 'Everybody Dies', but we're going to have to wait a little longer to find out who. I mean, presumably it's not literally everybody. Unless … plane crash? SARS outbreak? Ooooh ...